Regardless if you are working on a team or as a single developer, it is beneficial that you set-up your own development server. You can use this for code repository, project management tool, or application server. For single developer, or for those working remotely with a team, renting a dedicated server or VPS is a good choice. Because you can access your server in any location.

Since this is my first post, I want to start with something very simple yet useful. Usually, our first hurdle when studying a technology or framework is to setup our development environment. Assuming your machine is Linux based, this is how to prepare your machine. For this guide, my operating system is Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon, which is based on Ubuntu 12.10

NGINX is an awesome software that functions as both web server and as a reverse proxy. Sometimes you may need to configure it in front of your tomcat or other application server. There are many reasons but here are some common ones: